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Lecture series, University of California, Irvine

Title
Lecture series, University of California, Irvine / /Eugne Loring.
Author
Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982.
Publication
1973.

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Additional Authors
  • Maynard, Olga.
  • University of California, Irvine. Dance Department.
Description
7 streaming audio files (approximately 3 hours and 5 minutes) : digital
Summary
  • Streaming audio file 1, May 15, 1973 (approximately 33 minutes). Olga Maynard introduces Eugene Loring and gives a brief biography of him, including his eventual move to California, where he is now the head of the Dance Department at UCI [University of California, Irvine]. Eugene Loring tells an anecdote about Tallulah Bankhead; speaks about how this series of lectures came about; and his childhood, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin including anecdotes about his family, himself, and others [ends abruptly in the middle of an anecdote].
  • Streaming audio file 2, May 15, 1973 (approximately 33 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Eugene Loring tells anecdotes about Carl Sandburg and Tallulah Bankhead; opening a studio with Michael Kidd; his ballet Billy the Kid including a performance anecdote; he introduces a film of the ballet before screening it [music, and voice-over commentary from soundtrack of film; ends abruptly].
  • Streaming audio file 3, May 22, 1973 (approximately 32 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Eugene Loring tells anecdotes about productions at the Ogunquit Playhouse (in Maine); his time as a dancer with the American Ballet Company [which performed under the name American Ballet Ensemble] in Metropolitan Opera productions, including stories about George Balanchine; his work on the [1945] film Yolanda and the thief including a story about Fred Astaire [ends abruptly in the middle of an anecdote about Lucille Bremer].
  • Streaming audio file 4, May 22, 1973 (approximately 5 minutes). Eugene Loring continues to speak about his work on the film Yolanda and the thief.
  • Streaming audio file 5, May 29, 1973 (approximately 32 minutes). [Applause.] Eugene Loring tells a performance anecdote from his time at the Metropolitan Opera Company; performing with Ballet Theatre [now American Ballet Theatre] including anecdotes about Adolph Bolm and Bolm's ballet Peter and the wolf; changes in management at Ballet Theatre that led to his leaving the company; being commissioned in 1942 to produce a season of his ballets; his move to Hollywood, California to work for MGM [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]; working on [the musical] Carmen Jones with Billy Rose; names some of the other projects on which he worked in the 1940s and tells an anecdote about Lucille Ball; the film Fiesta; founding the American School of Dance [in Hollywood, California] in 1947; projects on which he worked in the 1950s, in particular the 1953 film The 5,000 fingers of Dr. T [screens the "dungeon scene" from the film; ends abruptly].
  • Streaming audio file 6, May 29, 1973 (approximately 33 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Eugene Loring speaks about giving dance lessons to Audrey Hepburn when she was in the [1954] film Sabrina and preparing for her role in the (1954) play Ondine [the "nightclub scene" is screened]; tells anecdotes about filming Funny face in Paris (France), in particular the wedding scene [wedding scene is screened]; working on the film Silk stockings [scene from the film is screened]; the 1957 television show Crescendo, in particular the filming of it [screens a scene from the show; answers a question from the audience]; speaks about the film Meet me in Las Vegas; tells an anecdote about the television program Once upon a Christmas time [screens a scene from a film, Meet me in Las Vegas?].
  • Streaming audio file 7 (approximately 17 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Eugene Loring answers questions from the audience [Loring is easily intelligible, but questions are almost all unintelligible].
Donor/Sponsor
National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Lectures given by Eugene Loring on May 15, 22, and 29, 1973 at the University of California, Irvine, California.
  • For edited, uncorrected transcript of lecture series, see: (S) *MGZMD 40 Loring, Eugene. Papers, ca. 1938-1981, Folders 34-36.
  • Sound quality ranges from poor to very good due to variations in volume. Eugene Loring's voice is easily intelligible overall, but the volume of Olga Maynard's voice is low, and the questions from the audience are almost completely unintelligible.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Funding (note)
  • The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Call Number
*MGZTO 7-944
OCLC
50789116
Author
Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982.
Title
Lecture series, University of California, Irvine / /Eugne Loring.
Imprint
1973.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Funding
The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Event
Recorded at University of California, Irvine May 15, 22, and 29, 1973 Irvine (Calif.)
Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Original Version
Original format: four sound reels (approximately 3 hours and 5 minutes); polyester; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto7944_v01f01_sc, myd_mgzto7944_v01f02_sc, myd_mgzto7944_v02f01_sc, myd_mgzto7944_v02f02_sc, myd_mgzto7944_v03f01_sc, myd_mgzto7944_v03f02_sc, and myd_mgzto7944_v04f01_sc.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZT 7-944
Former call number: *MGZTL 4-944
Local Note
MGZT 7-944 (Former classmark)
Arch. orig.: *MGZTO 7-944 Reels 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-944 nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-944 nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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Added Author
Maynard, Olga.
University of California, Irvine. Dance Department.
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-944
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